Impact & Sustainability News From Leading Brands

Innovation & Technology

Security, Access and Dependability: All the Elements of a Tier III Global Data Center

Aug 9, 2016 10:50 AM ET

Businesses that want to be competitive in the global marketplace must invest in infrastructure that is robust, resilient, secure, available and responsive. Ensuring the user community has 24/7 access to their data is a business imperative. Sodexo chose a Tier III data center partner to ensure that their systems have robust physical security and a facility that provides redundant power and cooling for their IT equipment. This helps to ensure the availability of their business critical applications.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Anheuser-Busch Provides Community Restoration Grants to Keep America Beautiful Affiliate Communities in Need

Aug 9, 2016 10:30 AM ET

Keep America Beautiful, the national nonprofit that envisions a country in which every community is a clean, green and beautiful place to live, and Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: ADR), today announced the recipients of the 2016 Keep America Beautiful/Anheuser-Busch Community Restoration Grants program.

Energy

Black & Veatch: Technology Brings Risk, Reward, Uncertainty to Electric Industry

Aug 9, 2016 10:05 AM ET

Distributed generation, the low price of natural gas and modern customer information systems represent growth opportunities for the electric industry even as security concerns are on the rise and legacy power generation sources cede their prominence to new technology. Those are the top findings in Black & Veatch’s 2016 Strategic Directions: Electric Industry Report, the company’s annual review of the issues affecting the industry.

Research, Reports & Publications

In New Sustainability Report, Norfolk Southern Outlines “What Efficiency Looks Like”

Aug 9, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Cleaner-running locomotives. Greater energy efficiency. Support for safer communities. Fewer workplace injuries. A more diverse workforce. Those are among key achievements highlighted in Norfolk Southern’s new online sustainability report, “What Efficiency Looks Like.”

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Ride for Adoption: Wendy's and Uber Announce Partnership to Benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for AdoptionRide for Adoption: Wendy's and Uber Announce Partnership to Benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption

Aug 9, 2016 10:00 AM ET

Here's a ride that lets you pay it forward. Today, Wendy's® announces the launch of a partnership with Uber, a technology platform that is evolving the way the world moves, which will raise funds to help find homes for children waiting in foster care.

Environment

Bacardi Employees Travel Around Corporate Campus on Bicycles

Aug 9, 2016 9:45 AM ET

Sturdy, dark blue bicycles bearing ST-GERMAIN® elderflower liqueur branding serve as a sustainable solution for employees who work at the Bacardi Limited worldwide headquarters in Bermuda.Employees use the company-provided bicycles as a means to travel around the world’s largest privately help spirits company’s campus and local community as part of the ongoing Bacardi Limited “Good Spirited: Building a Sustainable Future” environmental initiative.

Health & Healthcare

Sanofi Teams With US Military on Zika, But Not for the Profits

Aug 9, 2016 9:35 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

Walmart | Supplier diversity

Aug 9, 2016 9:30 AM ET

As a global retailer, we see firsthand the astonishing diversity that exists between our stores located in different countries. We see it in our supply chain as well, and we believe we’re at our best when we promote that diversity for the benefit of our customers.

Research, Reports & Publications

Virgin Media Announces World’s First Along with Sustainability Performance Progress

Aug 9, 2016 5:00 AM ET

Innovation & Technology

Nike Didn’t Design Its Insane $1,200 Sunglasses for Mortals

Aug 8, 2016 6:15 PM ET

WHEN YOU’RE AN elite runner, something as small as ill-fitting sunglasses can distract you from the task at hand—covering leg-deadening distances as fast as humanly possible. Two common pain points, even for high-end shades, are the bridge of the nose and above the ears. For the 2016 Olympics, Nike teamed up with designers at VSP Global and optics gurus at Zeiss to create a pair of sunglasses that don’t work, or look, like the sunnies you wear.

Events, Media & Communications

Big Ideas Come From Growing Minds by Tinkering, Crafting and Learning at the SHAPE Maker Camp Live

Aug 8, 2016 5:25 PM ET

Education

2017 Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies Application Now Available

Aug 8, 2016 4:40 PM ET

The Major League Baseball Players Trust today announced that the 2017 Michael Weiner Scholarship for Labor Studies application is now available for submission through Monday, November 7, 2016.

Responsible Production & Consumption

IOI Group Regains its Certification as a Sustainable Palm Oil Producer

Aug 8, 2016 3:50 PM ET

Earlier this year, palm oil producer IOI Group had its RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certification suspended after failing to meet RSPO certification standards. The RSPO announced in a statement last Friday that IOI Group will regain its certification starting today (August 8, 2016). The RSPO has found that the IOI Group is now fully compliant with RSPO standards and has plans in place to compensate stakeholders.

Education

Taco Bell: Meet Live Más Scholarship Winners!

Aug 8, 2016 3:40 PM ET

Environment

Antea Group Sustainability Report Now Available

Aug 8, 2016 3:20 PM ET

At Antea Group, we subscribe to a philosophy of “Better Business, Better World,” believing that doing the right thing environmentally and socially will improve our competitive position long-term. This concept influences not only the work we do for our clients every day, but also how we engage in our communities and the way we connect with our employees.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Looking for Sustainability Standardization

Aug 8, 2016 3:00 PM ET

The July / August 2016 edition of REIT Magazine features an interview with Sunny Misser, CEO of AccountAbility, titled “REITs Looking for Sustainability Standardization.” The interview addresses AccountAbility’s work with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) to develop a better understanding of the array of sustainability-related guidelines, key performance indicators and metrics in use or under consideration for real estate businesses and investment in the U.S. and around the world, as well as highlighting some of the primary sustainability trends affecting the real estate sector.

Health & Healthcare

Saving Lives with Science

Aug 8, 2016 2:45 PM ET

Responsible Production & Consumption

Ecocentricity - Re-Blog: Finding Something Ancient

Aug 8, 2016 2:40 PM ET

In that sunny summer field though, helping Will and his team wean the goat kids from their mothers, I was experiencing something truly ancient.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

VERGE Accelerate Announces 14 Finalists for September Fast-Pitch Competition

Aug 8, 2016 2:20 PM ET

GreenBiz Group announced today the 14 finalists for the VERGE Accelerate fast-pitch competition, the most innovative early-stage companies offering solutions at the intersection of technology and sustainability. The finalists will present to a globally livestreamed audience at the VERGE 16 conference in Santa Clara, Calif., Sept. 19-22.

Health & Healthcare

Using Technology to Transform Healthcare

Aug 8, 2016 1:15 PM ET

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

La Red de Pathways Challenge Premia a 8 Organizaciones para Escalar Soluciones Innovadoras que Apoyan a las Pequeñas Empresas en Latinoamérica

Aug 8, 2016 1:00 PM ET

El World Environment Center (WEC) se complace en anunciar la adjudicación de aproximadamente USD 640.000 a ocho de las soluciones más innovadoras en el crecimiento sostenible de Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (PYMEs) en América Latina.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

La Red de Pathways Challenge Selects 8 Awardees to Scale Innovative Solutions to Support Small Businesses in Latin America

Aug 8, 2016 1:00 PM ET

The World Environment Center (WEC) is pleased to announce the awarding of approximately $640,000 to eight of the most innovative solutions to sustainably growing Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Republic Hosts Family at the Southern Nevada Recycle Center for a Tour and Special Visit in the New Learning Center

Aug 8, 2016 12:15 PM ET

Stone DeVine is an eight-year old who was diagnosed with High-Functioning Autism and ADHD. He is slowly overcoming his disability by engaging in several occupational and behavioral therapies on almost a daily basis. Stone has become obsessed with recycling and has developed a deep appreciation for the men and women who drive and operate both trash and recycling trucks.

Environment

Mars Achieves Zero Waste at Factories Worldwide

Aug 8, 2016 12:05 PM ET

Confectionery giant Mars now diverts all of the waste produced at its factories worldwide away from landfill, the company has revealed.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

New AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP) Working Group Announced

Aug 8, 2016 12:00 PM ET

The AA1000 Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the selected members of the new AA1000AP Working Group, as approved by the AA1000 Standards Board. The revised AA1000 AccountAbility Principles (AA1000AP) will provide an updated principles-based framework for organisations to identify, prioritise and respond to its sustainability challenges. It will incorporate sustainability thinking and align with relevant parts of sustainability frameworks, leading practices, local guidelines / standards related to sustainability and regulatory requirements.